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T H E C H U R C H O F G O D

VOL. XI,

NUMBER

3

MARCH, 1962

SHOULD CHRISTIAN

DANCE?

T h e world labels dawing a fileasure. On the other hand,

some claim the Bible codemns dancing Read Gods answer-

from the Bible-in this revealing article.

OWN through the centuries, many

a starry-eyed girl and pink-

cheeked young lady has anxious-

ly and with great expectation dressed

in her nicest gown in anticipation

of

the inspiring music and gay atmosphere

of an evening of dancing Many a

young heart has thrilled with joy as he

stepped out on the ballroom floor to

lead his lady in the colorful, moving,

laughing parade of dancing couples.

Yet, in thousands and thousands of

other lives, the mere thoug ht of dancing

feet and dancing hearts has brought to

mind other thoughts of SIN, LUST and

EVIL. Dancing, for many, has

always

seemed a SIN The very thoug ht

of

men and women moving together to

the intricate steps of the dance has been

synonymous with

ez

il

fornication

and

illicit relations.

D

Is dancing a sin?

Would God want us to dance

Dancing in the Bible

First, lets

be

willing to seek the truth

from God

arid tu prove

a11 rhings (I

Thess.

5 :2 1

)

.

Lets remove all prejudice

and honestly look into the Bible-the

W ord of God-and find the answ er. If

dancing is a sin, then surely God will

show us the plain t ruth in His Word.

If it is not a sin, then some w ill have

by

Albert J. Portune

to clean up their minds and seek Gods

mind instead.

The Bible has much to say about

dancing But what

it

has to say may

surprise you. Notice what God inspired

in

His

word:

Thora IS a tima t o dalzco

(Eccles. 3 : 4 .

So

there

is

a time to dance

But

w h a t k i n d

of dancing, and

where?

Notice the examples in your Bible.

After God had delivered the children

of Israel by partin g the R ed Sea, we find

that the people

danced

in rejoicing be-

fore God. A nd M iriam the prophetess,

the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in

her hand; and all the women went out

after her with timbrels and with

dances

(Ex.

15:20) .

David , the Kin g of Israel, danced bc-

fore the Eternal while bringing the ark

to

Jcrusalcm. And David danced

be-

fore the Eternal with all his might; and

David was girded with a l inen ephod

(I1 Sam. 6 : 1 4 . On this very joyous

occasion, when the ark of the Eternal

was being brought to Jerusalem, David

danced before the Eternal wearing the

l inen ephod

of the office of p i e s t .

There are many other examples of

the use of dancing as an expression of

joy and worship before God. All these

examples certainly should be sufficient

to demonstrate that dancing as

s ~ c h

as

approved by

God.

Consider what Hastings Dictionary

of the Bible says: The religion of t he

Israelites was .

. .

predominantly social

and joyful. It found its zsthetic expres-

s ion in a merry sacrificial feast, which

was the public ccrcmony of a township

or clan. Then, the crowds streamed into

the sanctuary from all sides, dressed in

their gayest attire, marching joyfully to

the sound of music. Universal hilarity

prevailed; men ate and drank and made

merry together,

reloicing

before their

God. To such a religion, duncing would

be a

natural adjunct (Dict ionar y

of

t h e

Bible by Hastings, article, Dance).

W e may find this joyful fellowship

with God expressed in the very word

of the Bible when God ordained the

annual Holy Days to be observed

by

Israel. During the Frast of Tabernacles,

the last Festival of Gods sacred year,

the people were told to keep a Feast

and reioice before the Eternal seven

days

(

Lev.

2

3

:

40, 4 1

)

. Gods people

are actually

to

express their worshzfi of

God in singing and in the dance Let

Israel

rejoice in Him that made him;

let the children of Zion be joyful in

their King. Let them praise His name

in the DANCE: Let them sing praizes

unto Him with t imbrel and harp

(Ps.

149 :2 ,

3 ) .

Again in Psalm

150,

verse

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T h e

GOOD

NEWS

March, 1962

Letters to the

Editor

Changes

Deep-Seat.ed Beliefs

Dear Mr. Armstrong:

Your programs have not been easy

on

us,

for we have been forced to change

many deep-seated beliefs because of

Gods Wo rd. I agree wholeheartedly that

for a person to ad mit he is wrong is one

of the hardest things for a human being

to do. I have had to do it several times

of late. W e thank Go d daily for you

and Garner Ted.

Man from Akron, Ohio

Gods W or d corrects, reproves and

cuts like a two-edged sword, for our

good. Burying oneself will bring a mul-

titude of blessings.

Guatemalans Want German

PLAIN TRUTH

W e l is ten

as

often

as

possible to

your broadcast from Radio SWAN

(now Radio Am ericas). W e understand

both your Spanish and English broad-

cast. However, we are Germans living

in Guatemala since

1938.

W e u nd er -

stand and read German better than any

other language. W e are a cul ture group

o f about

17

families all from Germany.

W e discuss often w hat you say in your

broadcast. W e teach ou r children accord-

ing to the t ruths you expound. W e

would like to receive your publication in

German or Spanish if possible for our

study room at the club.

Man from Guatemala City , Giiareinnla

Bible Now Clear

I have been a constant and keen lis-

tener to your programme for about

seven months, in w hich tim e

I

have seen

thrcugh the screen of deception so clev-

erly enshrouded around the truth of the

Bible (b y othe rs). Most of the misinter-

pretations of the Bible are now made

clear to me.

Newcastle, N.

S.

W., Australia

You Are Gods True Ministers

Every day

I

find myself longing

f o r

the next edition to come. After much

mental turmoil, I have come to the con-

clusion that you are Gods true min-

isters, and what you preach

is

not to be

taken lightly.

Young man from North Perth ,

W. Australia

Letters from the German

Broadcast

Hcrc are

several surprising letters re-

ceived in our London office and trans-

lated by our staff.

Once again

many

thanks for the

booklet. It fits so well into ones daily

life. It is, like all the other booklets,

sentence for sentence, easy to under-

stand. Your booklet gives

us

hope for

the morning, r ight at the t ime when the

people of East Germany are living in

such distress.

Man from Jena, East Germany

I

must say that your broadcasts are

very simple and that the layman can

also hear, above all, understand them.

Man from Kaiserslau:ern, Germany

Yesterday

I

received the first issue

of your magazine Die Reine

Wahr-

heir, and

I

dont want to neglect to

thank you for it.

I

would also l ike to

express my thanks for the different

papers that you have sent me up to now.

I have found much in them that was

unknown to me and have ccme to know

familiar things in a totally different

light.

I

have often asked myself wh at sort

this church or association might be,

in order to avoid the word sect, and I

would like very much to learn some-

thing about this. W h o is this?

H o w and

from wh ere d id

y o u

arise?

Man from Seeweg-Siedlung

Many thanks for sending the book-

lets as well as for your correspondence.

Even if much is totally new to me

and contradicts old church tradition,

I still have to admit that it is so, as you

proclaini it.

Man from Truchtelfingen, Wiirttemberg

The amazing proof

has

astounded

me and also others. Yes. all that we have

believed. Thanks to God that H e is once

again choosing men to Himself who are

exposing these false teachings and lies.

I

thank the true and almiglxy God, that

I have never yet taken part in an Easter

sunrise service.

I

a m

not going to color

eggs anymore.

Wo man from Garl i tz. East Germany

The booklets you have sent me are

extremely valuable. One can read them

over and over again. Nowhere else, but

in these booklets are clear answers to be

found. They clearly prove the existence

of God; no other bDokleo can prove it

so clearly and straightforwardly by the

facts. I f one looks up the reference in

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International

magazine

of

THE

CHURCH

OF

GOD

ministering t o its members

scarrered abroad

VOL.

X I

NO. 3 I

___

Published monthly at Pasadena, California.

1962, by

Radio Church of

God.

EDITOR

I

HERBERT

.

ARMSTRONG I

EXECUTIVE ED ITOR

Garner Ted Armstrong

M N GING EDITOR

Herman L. Hoeh

SEN IOR

EDITOR

Roderick C. Meredith

AssocMte Editors

Albert J. Portune David Jon Hi11

Contributing Editors

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C.

Boraker

Bryce

G. Clark

C. Wayne Cole

Raymond

C. Cole

Charles V. Dorothy Jack R. Elliott

Selmer Hegvold

Ronald Kelly

Raymond F. McNair

Ernest

L. Martin

C. Paul Meredith L Leroy Neff

Benjamin L.

Rea

Lynn E. Torrance

Basil

Wolverton Clint

C.

Zimmerman

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Van

der

Veer

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d

in

W h v

You

SHOULD

Sing

Church

Why do we have

Congregational singing

in the Churches

of

God?

Is there any reason why

YOU

S H O U L D sing in church?

Here is an important article

by

a staff member

of

the Corre-

spondence Course.

by

William H. Ellis

ANY

of the churches

of

this world

have form and ceremony. lhe

average Sunday church devotes

at least one third to one half of its serv-

ice

to

congregational singing.

Perhaps, because of this, the questioll

has come to mind, Should w e be sing-

ing in the services

of

the Church o f

God? Isnt congregational singing JUSL

another carry-over from paganism?

The real question we need to answer

is, Where does congregational singing

come f rom? W ho de termines whether

or not you and 1 will sing in church?

Already

Decided

Did you know that God has already

decided this question for us? It has been

in our Bibles

all

this time But first,

lets consider some ideas we may have

been entertaining.

Some members of local congregations

have assumed that thelr voices are weak

and squeaky. Because some have never

learned to carry a tune, they think that

their voices would

detract

from the serv-

ice. Some others may feel that the sound

of their small voices is not going to

make much difference whether they sing

or not, so T H E Y

DON?

At first glance, these may seem like

good reasons for not singing, but they

really are not even good exczrses Some

have their minds centered on them-

selves and have not been able to put

their hearts in to singin g because of self-

embarrassment

Now lets notice the surprising his-

torical record

of

congregational singing.

Amazingly e noug h, even secular schol-

ars

must admit that for the origin and

idea of Christian hymnody we must

look, not to Gentile, but to Hebrew

sources ( E n c y . Brit . vol.

12,

article,

Hy m n s ) .

SDme of the Psalms of David were

written specifically

to

be sung by groups

of people No tice the inspired sub-

headings to Psalms 45,

46 ,

47 and 48.

These subheads should not be in small

type as in the King James version. In

the Jewish translation they are properly

in large type

M

David employed many choirs to sing

the melodies of the Psalms. He had

choirs composed of men and others com-

posed of women. Notice in the sub-

heading to Psalm 46 , the Hebrew tells

us

this was a song upon Alamoth.

Properly translated, this is, a song

to

be sung by the young women. The

voices of girls made a beautiful con-

trast to the deep, resonant tones of male

bass and baritone singers. Notice

also,

t h e overwhelming majority of Psalms

are designated,

To

the chief musician.

He was the choir director and orchestra

leader-the leader of the song service

Simple songs were sung by the whole

congregation under his direction. More

complex ones were specially sung by

c h n i r s nn

t h e

Sahhath and Holy Days.

Jesus Christ left us

an

example to

follow W he n H e gave the final instruc-

tions to His disciples before His cruci-

fixion, H e concluded by singing with

them a psalm. The record is found in

Ma tthew 26:SO-Jesus Chr ist sang wit h

the disciples who later became the

Apostles of the New Testam ent Church

Do we find that the early New Testa-

ment church continued the practice of

unified, congregational singing? T ur n

to Colossians 3:16, and see the positive

ev idence tha t THIRTY YEARS after

t h e death

of

Christ, in

a

GentiLe area,

the customs of the Church of God in-

cluded congregational singing

The Apostle Paul says, Let the word

of

Christ dwell in you richly in all wis-

dom, teaching and admonishing one

another; in psalms, and hymns and spir-

itual songs, singing with grace in your

hearts t o

the

Lord. How were the

Colossians to let the word of Christ

dwell in them richly? By singing

psalms and other songs H o w were they

to sing? W i th the i r W HO LE H EARTS,

as though they were singing with Jesus

Christ Himself

Apostasy

Corrupts Church Music

Soon after the death of the apostles,

congregational singing received the

death b ow

As early as the second century, the

so-called chu rch fathers introduced the

beginnings of the modern chants and

meaningless responsive singing that has

been adopted by modern churches. Soc-

rates, the church historian, attributes to

Ignatius, a church father, the intro-

duction of chants and antiphonal sing-

ing after he had had a dream in which

he claimed he saw angels singing a nd

chanting praise to the trinity

In recorded musical history we find

little evidence of congregational sing ing

from this time on. Hillary of Pottiers

and Ambrose of Milan carried on con-

gregational singing until the time of

Pope Gregory the Great . This Pope

made the famous-originally heathen-

Gregorian Chants popular.

Reformation in Church Music

Until the time of the Protestant

Reformation, congregational singing

was practiced in remote areas of France,

Portugal, Sardinia and Bohemia. A few

pieces of this music has survived in

Germany since the 1 2 t h century. These

were Dark Ages indeed for the beauti-

ful church music that had inspired sing-

ers in the days of David. No longer

were people familiar with the accounts

of spiritual edification that the Apostles

and early church received from singing

hymns togcther.

Nevertheless, in spite of persecution,

the true Church of God, with Jesus

Christ as its living Head, had preserved

the proper forms

of

congregational

singing, while h iding on the borders of

the Roman Empire.

This

was

dramatically brought to

light when Martin Luther attempted to

revive congregational singing. H e found

that instead of having died out, congre-

gational singing bad been preserved

among

the people of God

Th e persecuted B o h e m i a n .

.

.

churches, settled

on

the borders of Mo-

ravin, sent to Luther one Michael Weiss,

who not long afterward published a

number of German translations from

Old Bohemian hymns ( E n c y .

Brit.

ol.

12 ,

art . Hymns).

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Used Clothing--a Blessing

for

the

Needv

Behind the scenes the Used Clothing Deflartment at Pasadena

has becom e blessing in the lives of hundreds

of

needy peop le

in Gods

w o r k .

Read how

YOU

can do your

part

in helping

your brethren IN NEED.

by Albert J. Portune

ITERALLY

tons of used clothing have

been sent out from Headquarters

in Pasadena to needy brethren and

Co-Workers around the world . What to

many of us is an old, cast-off garment

or o ut-of -date outfit is a pulse-quick-

enin g, heartfelt blessing to someone in

real need. Through the love and gener-

osity of many of Gods people, the lives

of many have been made easier and

more comfortable through the receipt

of

a

gift of used clothing from Gods

Headquarters Church

at

Pasadena.

L

One grateful woman wri tes ,

Dear Brother Armstrong:

It sure is good to have a friend like

you My whole family and 1 have been

down sick with fever

for

two weeks-

really bad off.

I

sure thank God for the

clothes, they renlly helped

us

out. Before

you sent those clothes, I didnt have any-

thing to wear.

Another heart-warming let ter read,

Your letter came this morning,

as

truly

a gift from heaven. Ive been praying

for clothing for my children, but didnt

know

where the answer would come

from. My hand shook with joy as

I

read

the letter saying youd sent clothing for

my family. My husband has been with-

out work a long time. Anything you can

send will be greatly appreciated. Any

sizes near are

all

right

as

I

can make

them over. Id like

to

repay you some

time when we get on

our

feet again.

Thank God for all of you, even thoug i

Ive never m et any of you.

Letters like these make

us

realize how

important a few cast-off items of cloth-

ing can be in times of trial. The Used

Clothing Department

of

Gods

Church

has certainly become a great blessing tO

inany of the needy in Gods work.

Situation

in

Philippines

In my trip to the Philippine Islands

last year. one

of

the really heart-rend ing

conditions

was

the

state of

the little

children. No one likes to see a little

child shivering-without enou gh cloth-

ing to wear to keep them warm. Yet.

this

is

the state

of

many of the children

of those God is calling in the Philip-

pines.

Knowing how destitute these people

are, you can certainly appreciate and

share with me the joy we have had in

sending several large shipm ents of used

clothing to our brethren in the Philip-

pines. Mr. Ortiguero recently wrote to

tell me how overjoyed and grateful the

people were when he distributed the

twelve large boxes of clothing among

Gods people in the Philippines.

I

hope you

all

share with me the feel-

ing of satisfaction of knowing t h x

there are many little children nd

adults too n the Philippines whose

lives are being made brighter, happier

a n d W A R M E R by our compassion

fo:

them.

Not Enough Clothing

Because of the pressing demands re

cently, the Used Clothing Department

has been practically depleted of its sup-

plies of used clothing. There have been

so many genuine demands and needs

among Gods people that we have not

been able to keep up with the requests

for

used clothing.

Up

to recently, we have had abun-

dant supplies to fill the urgent requests

of Gods people. How ever , recently the

donations of used clothing have fallen

off to almost nothing. Here is where

you can really help in Gods work by

helping us

to

replenish the stocks of

used clothing that are urgently needed

by your needy brethren around the

world.

Th e Used C lothing Department oper-

ates entirely on donated clothing con-

tributed willingly by Gods people all

over the world.

So

much can be done

with

so

little effort that

I

am sure

all

of you will want to do your utmost to

cooperate in sending used clothing to

Pasadena.

I am sure there are many, inany items

of used clothing in your closets, attics,

basements or garages that

y o u

have not

used for a long time or that you may

never use. These items can be utilized

immediately by many of your brethren

who would we come them as a trem en-

dous blessing from God.

Every type of cloth ing is needed W e

need clothing for men, women, teen-age

boys and girls and especially clothing

for

children

and even infants. Other

items such as blankets, towels or linens

are

also

much in need.

If each one of us would cake j u t

;i

few minutes to rummage around our

homes,

I

am sure we would come up

with several boxes of used clothing that

would be entirely serviceable and that

could be sent almost immediately to

Pasadena. Wherever possible, you should

see that clothing is clean and p~rssxl

in a wearable condition ready for use.

W e simply do not have the facilities to

clean, repair and

press all

of this cloth-

ing before sending it out. This can be-

come a personal and individual service

each one of us can render to our needy

brothers in thc church.

For mail ing, it is best to wrap the

clothing in newspapers and pack it in

a cardboard box which can be tied with

heavy cord. Use a parcel post label and

address your packages to The Radio

Church of G od, 318 Camden Street ,

Pasadena, California.

Also,

write clearly

on the label, Attention Used Clothing

Department .

The parcel post charges are very rea-

sonable and it will not cost very much

to ship them to Pasadena. It is not nec-

essary to insure these packages.

Some Typical Requests

Here are a few examples of some re-

quests for used clothing received at

Pasadena recently:

I

guess you must

have heard of the recent disaster caused

by the recent hurricane which has left

our city in devastation. I can

oiily

say

we were saved by the power of God.

Due to the hurricane my home has been

completely wrecked with all my belong-

ings. I would a ppre ciate very much

i f

you could help me with some clothing

which is urgently needed and will be

very much appreciated. I h a w also two

kids, ages one and two years respec-

t ively (Bri t ish Honduras).

He re is another Dea r Pastor Arm-

strong: Please,

I

am

27

years old with

four children, ages ten, four, two years

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The Right Kind of AUTHORITY

in

the Home

Some husbands and some w ive s are fail in g in their responsi-

bility-und dont krcow

w h y . H e re

is

wh at yo u mcty be

doing

ANY men want to be the head of

the family, but dont know how.

For example, the zealous hus-

band realizes that unless he is growing

spiritually he is not going to be in the

King dom of God.

So

after

a

days work

he comes home, says hello to his w i f e

and children and then retires to his

room to study and pray-leaving his

wife and children to shift for them-

selves.

Your Biggest Problem?

Many men do not

realize

tha t with

this totally self-centered kind of Bible

study and prayer, the husband is only

feeding himself. H e neglects to feed

his family.

Of course one must study and pray

privately, but it is

also

the mans re-

sponsibility

as

head

of

the house to

lead

his family spiritually.

You can be the head of your family

as

God comm ands, and still find time

to study and

prdy. If

you

say

that YOU

cant, you are simply saying you don t

want to be the head

of

the family. You

are, in fact, having another God before

you-your ow n SELF-centeredness. God

does no t COMMAND you to do the

impossible, but only that which is good

for you.

T h e Apostle Paul tells us that Chris:

is the head of the Church. Notice also

that Ch ris t.. loved the church, and

gave Himself for

it

(E p h . 5 : 2 3 - 2 5 .

Since Christ is our example, men

arc

to love their wives and children as much

as Christ loved

t h e Church.

That is

a

lot

of love, for He gave His

Life

for His

Church.

But how does Jesus Christ show

His

love for us today? By patiently a dm on-

ishing, encou raging, guiding, and teach-

ing us the right way of life through His

Word and His minis ters .

As the held of the house

i t

is your

duty to give your life in service to your

family by encouraging. guiding, admon-

ishing, and teaching them the way oi

life, as Christ does .the Church.

Do

We Rule Christs Way?

Many men in the Church of God try

diligently to obey this command to bt.

M

w rong

by Lynn E. Torrance

the head of the house. They are zealous.

However, some of you husbands go to

the extremes. Some of you rule your

household as

a

stiff-necked tyrant-un-

mercifully overlording the wife and

children.

Jesus Christ forbids the husband to

rule his house

as a

harsh overlord, mak-

ing all the decisions. Some men tell

their wives every move to make. They

list

all

the groceries she should buy.

They tell her where and how

to

clean

house that day, and what and how to

conk

for the meals. Sometimes

a

hus-

band has even told the wife what she

could cook for her own lunch while he

was a t work. It is known that some

of

you do

just

this

Do

you realize that when you (the

husband) make every decision for your

wife she is

nnt

learning how to apply

the principles of right living to her own

life?

If you make

u l

the decisions, will

your wife ever learn how to assume her

natural, God-given responsibility.

Jesus Christ trusts you men with

a

little power now-without

f i nd ing

that

you always

misuse

it.

So

let your wives

learn to make those decisions which are

their responsibility.

Rule with an Iron Hand?

The husband and wife work

as a

team. The wife is the husbands assist-

ant-but she has to be trained. Most

women at least used to lead somewhat

sheltered lives.

Wives need the loving help of an

understanding husband. That is why

God placed the man over the wife.

But how do you show that thought-

ful consideration?

By

giving

your

wife some responszbili ty, and then PA-

TIEN TLY ENT LY teaching her

how to use it. As she learns

to

accept

and use responsibility, give her still

more duties and opportunities.

The husband often needs

to

help his

wife to organize her time so she too

will be able to have time

to

grow in

grace and knowledge. Wives often

say

they dont have time

to

study and pray.

The truth is they usually have much

more time than their husbands do. The

head of the house may need to show

his wife how to schedule her time

so

she

will be able to study and pray.

Let us notice what God says

a

vir-

tuous woman, whose price is far above

rubies, should be traine d t o do. I t is in

Proverbs 31: 10-31.

A

diligent husband w ill help his wife

to become the type of woman found in

the 31st chapter of Proverbs.

Notice that this kind of woman is

trustworthy ( vs. 12

)

.

She speaks well

of her hzlsband.

She does not gossip

about him, telling his faults and short-

comings. She will not listen to gossip

about him.

T h e good wife knows how to

cook

properly

(vs. 1 5 ) .

If she does not know

-she can learn. Th e

GOOD NEWS

s

now publishing articles which tell the

wife how to cook. Many cities give

adult home economics classes.

A

wife

(or daughter) who does not know how

to cook should take the opportunity

to

attend such classes. The husband should

be willing to make this possible.

The husband should encourage his

wife

to

take the time to train their

daughters to prepare wholesome meals.

This is often not the case

She can help clothe her family by

learning to sew, by taking advantage of

sales in materials (Pr ov. 1

13,

2

1

. If

your wife does not know materials and

does not know how to sew, many cities

offer courses in sewing and the choos-

ing of materials. Also there a re text-

books and magazines that can help her.

A neighbor may often be the source of

help.

I t is the husbands duty to encourage

his wife to acquire skill in her fields.

A

young wife (and most women)

has not had the experience necessary

to do all the things mentioned in ihe

3 1 s ch ap te r

of

Proverbs-that

a

virtu-

ous woman should be able to do. She

can learn with the competent and

PA-

T I E N T guidance of her husband.

If you (th e husband) are

a

wise head

of the house, you will help her

plan

her

scheclulr b o she can do her housework,

get in her Bible study and prayer and

also

help her acquire .t he

skill

and


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NEWS

March,

1962

knowledge necessary to become a com-

petent woman.

Did you ever notice that in Proverbs

31:

I6 we are even told that a COM-

PETENT

woman

can

cvcn

bc trustcd

to buy property?

W e need to remember that our wives

are our assistants whose function is to

help us make a bette r success of our

time and

o u r

duties.

The Other Extreme

Another extreme is found in

a

hus-

band who is weak- kneed and lethargic

and who makes no effort at all to be

the head of his family.

He sits back and relaxes and lets the

more aggressive wife rule the family

and

wear the pants.

Rem embe r, Christ comman ds: Thrj

husband

is

the head of the wife, even as

Christ is the head of the Church (Eph.

5 : 2 3 ) .

Adam had to learn that, when he let

his wife rule him. The result

was

sin

God cast him

out of

the Garden of

Eden

for

letting his wife influence him

to eat the forbidden fruit, when he

really knew better (Gen. 3:17, 2 3, 2 4 ) .

God set man in authority over the

woman. He made woman to be mans

nssistaizt.

It is cnntrary to Gods plan that the

wife be in authority over the man.

Both must work at taking their r ight-

fu l place in the family.

If

you are the kind of husband who

is letting his wife rule the family, ask

God for courage, for wisdom, and for

understanding. Diplomatically exercisz

the rulership of your family with tac t

as God commands you to. Avoid mak-

ing a n issue of it. Read I Cor. 1 3 : 4 - 6 ,

and learn how not to be a ty rant, how

to have the mind of Christ to lead you.

Be t h e one who makes the major deci-

sions for the family, the one who sets

the EXAMPLE in right living, the one

who leads the family Bible study and

guides the wife in her study if she

needs it.

The converted wife must

work

at let-

ting the man take his rightful position

in the home and she also will need

to

ask God for wisdom and understanding

in how to do this.

Role

of

the Wife

Many wives say,

I

wish my husband

would be the head of our house. H e

just wont be, so I have to be. In mos:

such cases this isnt the truth

Many

husbands would rule the home if the

wives would just submit to that rule.

Wives, do y o u rrally subinit yutir-

selves to your husbands as to the Lord?

-as if they were Christ Himself-as

you should? (Eph. 5 : 2 2 - 2 3 . )

It is understood that your husband is

not

on a

pedestal, but he is the head of

the family, made responsible by God

to exercise certain authority beyond t ie

wifes.

The husband did not place himself

there. The Almighty placed man there,

in authority over his wife.

You wives need to remember

t m

you are your husbands assistants, that

as you help your husbands, you rcally

also help yourselves. You need to learn

how to assist your husbands. You need

to recognize how your husbands need

to develop and how to help them in

the RIGHT way .

You need to learn to keep your chil-

dren and your home neat so your huj

band is inspired by

an

envircnment

when he comes home from work. Yo11

need to be inspired by letting God talk

to you from H is word-through Bible

study-and then you need to learn to

inspire your husband

by

your good

deeds and pleasant personality. Yes, you

need to learn how to keep your ro-

mance alive

The wife can plan her schedule so

as

to make I t easy

for

her husband to par-

ticipate in Bible study and prayer with

his family. You wives can have a great

deal

to

do with developing your hus-

bands desire to be the leader of the

family .

By Whose Authority?

Let us remember that first, there is

God the Father who gives the order to

Christ. Christ ALWAYS obeys. Then

Christ sets His chief minister under him

to direct on earth the duties of the

Churc h. The n the chain of auchority

goes right on down through the other

ministers, the deacons and other ad-

ministrative officials. Under this author-

ity, and yet also directly under Christ,

are the husbands. From the husbznd to

the wife, from the wife to the children

the chain of responsibility is passed.

If Christ

is our

Ruler we are going

to learn to obey this chain of au:hority.

W e husbands and wives are going to

work at learning to take

our

righ:fui

places in th e home, in the Chu rch, and

in the Government of God.

The t ime i s soon coming when God

is going to srup organized rebellion

against His ways. There wont be any

griping, grumbling, complaining, nag-

ging wives in the Kingdom of God.

Neither will there be any stern. harsi.

overlording husbands who would abuse

their power in the Kingdom of God.

Nor will t l i rrr Lr a n y l iu>bmds

who

refuse to obey Gods CO MM AN D to be

the head of the house-who placidly

sit back and take the commands of their

wives, as Adam did from Eve (Gen .

3 : 1 7 ) .

Jesus learned obedience from His

F a t h r ~a i d wab 111ade perfect by [he

things H e suffered (H eb .

5 : s ) .

H e is our examp e. Ar e we any bet-

te r than He?

By taking your rightful place in the

home-the husband as the head of the

wife (Eph. 5 : 2 3 ) , nd the wife in sub-

jection to her husband ( I Pet. 3 . 1 ) -

you are preparing yourself for an un-

believably great and eternal position in

the World Tomorrow.

Let us thank God for these trials and

tests, for these opportunities to learn

how to rule and to be ruled.

Used

Clothing

(Conlinzked J r o m page 4 )

and a baby six months. It is so hard on

me that I cant tell you. If you could

help me with some l i t t le th ings

for

the

children so that

I

can get to send them

to school, I would be glad for anything

(Jamaica).

Here is another example. I am wri t-

ing to you for some help in clothing.

W e are very much in need. Anything

would be of help to

11s.

My daddy is old

and unable to work and my mother is

sick too. If you have any clothing on

hand we would be glad to receive them.

W e l isten to your program every night

on WLAC Nashvi ll e (N ew H ope,

Alabama) .

Many, many requests such

as

these

have been filled in the past. W e want

to continue to help Gods needy people

whenever they are in genuine need.

God tells us to open our hands WIDE

to the poor and needy among us (Deut.

I 5

:8

) . Surely the true Christian love

between breth ren in Gods Church will

make us

all

want to help out in this

opportunity to serve. I know you will

not let your needy brethren down who

are looking to you

for

help.

Many of you who will be coming in

from cutlying areas for the Passover

can bring in your used clothing to your

respective area. Then, some of the Dea-

cons can be responsible for shipping

them to Pasadena.

W e will b: ma king preparations to

receive a real

cloudburst

of boxes of

used clothing from all of you brethren

in the Un ited States-and other areas

where convenient. W it h your help, the

packages of used clothing will, again,

soon b: going out to brighten the lives

o f Cud>pwple around the world. Lets

a ll s h e in th is oppor tun i ty to serve

one another.


7/16

IS

JUDAISM the

Law

of

Mo.ceJ?

his

fourteenth and final installment reveals

w h y

the Jews

knew the Old Testumerct was not to be all of Scripture-and

w h y

the Jews rejected Jesus as the

Christ

when they knew

Synopsis

:

N

THE last installinent we discovered

that Christ recognized the authority

of the Scribes and Pharisees when

they sat in Moses Seat-and that

Moses Seat represented the a utho rity

that God vested in Moses. After Moses,

God exercised His authority in the Old

Testament Church through judges, then

high priests and finally the Sopherim,

under Ezra and Nehemiah.

By the time of Christ , the authority

in the

Old

Testament Church had been

usurped by the Pharisees and scribes-

who were mostly laymen, not priests.

The priests,

of

course,

performed the

temple rituals, but the authority in the

Church was exercised by others. Even

though God did not choose the laymen

to exercise the authority of His govern-

men t over the people, H e nevertheless

allowed them to remain in office. And

as long

as

t hey

were allowed to remain

in Moses Seat, they were to be obeyed

when they spoke with authority.

T h e KEY to this enigma is made

plain in Scripture . Th e scribes and Phar-

isees usually spoke in their own name

-not in the nam e of Moses. Th at is

why the New Testament constantly

states that Jesus taught with authority,

not as

the scr ibes (Mat thew 7:28-

29).

They did not teach with authority

unless they came togeher as the Great

Beth Din-the Grea t Hou se of Judg -

ment-to mak e bin din g decisions in

Moses name on the whole community.

In other words, the authority vested in

the scribes and Pharisees had nothing

to do with the daily speculations of the

scribes-which they knew they had no

authori ty to teach. W he n the Greac

Beth Din had to make decisions for the

entire com mu nity, Jesus told his disci-

ples in the Old Testament Church: All

therefore whatsoever they bid you

ob-

serve, that observe and do . . ( M a t -

thew

2 3 : 2 , 3 ) .

But what if the scribes and Pharisees

should err in a decis ion? W ere the peo-

ple to obey them then? Of course All

therefore whatsoever they bid you ob-

serve, that observe and do ordered

JCSUS t was Gods responsibility to

judge those

in

the Crcat Beth Din, not

the peoples. The point is this: as long

as God allowed them to exercise that

I

better

by Ernest

L.

Martin

authority, they were to be obeyed. If

God

removed them-as He later did,

then the people were to follow that

n e w

authority which God installed in their

place-to carry ou t Hi s Go vern me nt.

Now take an actual example of what

did happen just before New Testament

times-and notice wh at Go d requ ired

of His people

Power t o Bind

and Loose

Those in Moses Seat had authority to

make binding decisions regarding the

observance of Sc riptur e comm ands.

For

example, in the Scripture is the com-

mand that every seventh year all debts

are to be cancelled (De ut. 15:l-8).

God specifically commanded that n o on e

should refuse to lend to

a

poor brother

when the year

of

release draws near

(verses 9-10). But, about fifty years be-

fore the birth of Christ there were so

many Jews disobeying this

cnmmanrl

that when the sixth year would come

around, the poor people who needed to

borrow money to bring in their crops

01

buy

goods) for that working year

were forced to go without the necessary

money. Virtually no one would loan out

their money in the sixth year.

Because the majority of people who

had money would not obey the spirit

of

the Law and love his neighbor

properly (Deut .

1 S : 9 ) ,

the Great Beth

Din temporarily suspended the necessity

for all debts to be released in the sev-

enth year.

This enactment was not for the bene-

fit

of the rich. It was for the benefit of

the poor who needed

to

have, and could

now borrow , the money in orde r to earn

a

living. As long as the Great Beth Din

commanded such a decision it

was as

if

Moses himself had made

it. Even

the

disciples were obliged to obey this deci-

sion of the Great Beth Din, for Christ

told them to obey

all

things

whatsoever

they Lid

you

ubberve.

Such a decision, however, would not

have had to be given by Moses. Th e rea-

son should be obvious. Moses had both

civil and religious power t o

command

individuals to loan money to the less

for tun ate in the sixth year, if he

thought it necessary. However, in the

days of Christ, and just before, the

civil

jurisdiction was not in the hands of the

Great Beth Din-the Rom ans were in

control. Unlike Moses, the Great Beth

Din had only religious authority over

the people, not civil authority. And the

Romans , who had

no

sympathy with the

Law of God, favored the position of the

creditor who refused to loan money in

the sixth year. This prompted most of

the Jews who had money to disregard

the Law of God. Because the Great Beth

Din had no authority to force the peo-

ple to obey it , the Great Beth Din, for

the sake of the poor who needed the

money in the sixth year, temporarily

suspended the release of credit in the

seventh year until such a t ime in the

future when they could regain their

proper civil authority. However, the

people who were desirous of serving

God were encouraged to maintain this

Law and voluntarily release their cred-

itors.

This particnlar resolution of the

Great Beth D in was not an independent

teaching of the Pharisees or a com-

mandment of men. Schurer tells us

that this authoritative decision, among

others, was a registered declaration o f

the type which

were deposited amon g

the archives at Jerusalem ( T h e

Jeiu-

ish People

in

t he T im e o f Jesus Chris t,

sec.

11,

vol. 1, p. 363).

The decisions from the Great Beth

Din which affected national policy, such

as the above decision, were officially en-

tered in the authoritative archives in

Jerusalem. Thew decisions were not the

ordinary trivial comman dmen ts of the

disagreeing schools of the Pharisees

which voiced indep endent opinion s, but

were far more important-these were

from Moses Seat

Take another example.

About four years before the destruc-

tion of Jerusalem, in about 66 A.D.,

there were eighteen decrees issued

by

the Jewish Great Beth Din which be-

came mandatory for

all

Jews to observe.

Th ese decrees-issued after grea t strife

in the Court-were entirely ant i-G en-

tile

in

every way. They demanded

com-

plete separation of the Jews from the

Gentiles. See Edersheim,

The Li fe and

T i m e s of Jesu the Mess iah ,

vol. I,

p.

239.

O n e of these decrees made it a sin to

offer

a

sacrifice to God on behalf of the


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8

The GOOD NEWS

Ma rc h,

1962

Roman Emperor. This repudiation of

the Emperor was tantamount to a dec-

laration of war with Rome. And, four

years later the Romans completely de-

stroyed Jerusalein a n d the Temple.

To enact the eighteen decrees against

contact with the Gentiles, it became

necessary for the leaders of both the

School of Hillel and the School of

Shamrnai to assemble together in order

to make these decisions appear to have

the authority

of

Moses. Either School

alone did not have power to make such

authoritative decisions for a l Jews, they

only had authority among members

of

their own groups. But, when the emi-

nent scribes and Pharisees assembled in

the capacity of the Great Beth Din, the

decisions were reckoneil a s being from

Moses Seat and were mandatory for all

Jews.

This situation is very similar to wha:

Gods Church faces tc;day. There are

some areas in the southern United

States, and also in South Africa, where

h u m a n govrrn m s p r n h ih t whites

from assenibling together each Sabbath

with Negro brethren. Today is little dif-

ferent from apclstolic days just before

the destruction

o f

Jerusalem

Government in the New Testa-

ment Church

Christ told the disciples even before

His death and resurrection that among

theinselves they

were

to exercise Gods

government in His

New

Testamen:

Church. Notice Matthew 18:15-20.

Moreover if thy brother shall tres-

pass against thee, go and tell him his

fault between thee and him alone: if

he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy

brother. But if he will not hear thee,

then rake with rhce one o r two more,

that in the m o u t h of two o r three wit-

nesses every word niay be established.

And

i f

he shall neglect to hear them,

tell it unto the church

[the authorities

in the Chur ch): but if he neglects

tu

hear

the church.

let him be unto

thee

as an heathen man and a publican.

Verily I say unto yon, whatsoezser je

shall bind 011 e u t h shall be bound

in

hcrrisen:

und

i i ~ h t . r o e i s r

e

shall

loo.re

77 e ~ t r t h

rb~illbe

loosed in heaven.

This was exactly the saiiie procedure

tisect by those Jews w h o were sitting in

Moses Seat-in the Great Beth Din .

Reinember how Christ said that the

scribes and Pharisees who were sitting

in

Moses Sent were

bi zd ing

u p i n r h t .

people h e w y b n r d e m which were griev-

oils

to be borne? (Matt. 2 3 : 4 . ) Jesus

disciples did n o t seat theinselves in this

authority. Christ put them thcre

becausc.

they had been tried and tested. They

qualified to sit in positions of authority

in the New Testament Church. Just like

those in Moses Seat, in the Old Testa-

ment Church, they were to have power

t o b i nd or

to loose

Notice another of Jesus commands:

Again

I

say unto you, that if TW O of

you shall agree on earth as touching any

thing that ye shall ask, it shall be done

for them of my Father which is in heaven.

FOR

WHERE TWO OR THREE

ARE GATHERED TOGETHER

IN

M Y NAME, there I am in the midst

of them.

When the apostles heard Christ give

that remarkable statement, they knew

exactly what He meant He was cleariy

telling His ministers that they were to

carry out Christs Government over the

Church.

The wording of Matthew 18:18-20

is in itself proof of this. The Jews leave

us historical evidence which shows that

it took 1WOor THREE members of

the Great Beth Din to form a quorum

before u l ~ y

binding

decisioiz

could

bc

made. See Baba Bathra, 16Oa. The bare

minimum to form a quorum was TWO,

but the Great Beth Din always endeav-

ored

to

have a t least THREE present

before binding decisions were enacted.

Christ gave His disciples this same re-

quirement.

The Church Exercises Its

Authority

In the New Testament we have an

example where the leaders in the

Church utilized their high authority

that Christ had given them. Christ made

a decision

t h r o i i g h

thein

hindi i ig

upon

all Gentile Christians.

W e read in Acts 1 5 that a misunder-

standing came up between certain mein-

b-rs in the Church in regard to circuin-

cision. The matter concerned whether

the Gentile Christians were required to

he

cirriiincised

o r

not. Some

of the Jews

who had been converted thought that

anyone in the faith should be circuin-

cised, whether Jew or Gentile. (See

verse

5 .

Others thought it not neces-

sary to burden thein with this physical

rite. Peter mentioned that God had

called

the

Gentiles into the Church

without their being circumcised (verses

7 - 9 ) . The testiinony of Barnabas and

Paul was that God had given the Gem

tiles His Spirit even in their physical

uncircumcision (verse 1 2

)

.

A decision had to be made in this

c i s e . And, since

r h c

Church had been

given authority to bind or loose, a deci-

sion

was

made Peter spoke the deci-

sion. The Headquarters Church issued

the decision. Its chief minister was

James, the physical half-brother of

Christ (James was Josephs first son,

while Christ was the firstborn of God

the Father). In explaining the deci-

sion, James appealed to the Scriptures,

Wherefore MY

SENTENCE IS,

that

we troublc not them, which froin

among the Gentiles are turning to God

And verse 2 8 : For it seemed good

t o t he

H o l y Spiri t , and to us, to lay

z ~ ~ o n

ou

n o greater

burden

thun

these

Pzecessar) things.

The Holy Spirit was guiding thein

into all truth as Christ had prophesied

(John 16:1 3 ) . S o , by the authority

given them by Christ, t he y bound on ji

t h e NECESSARY things on the Gentiles.

This was unlike the decisions

of

the

scribes and Pharisees when they were

sitting in Moscs Seat, for Christ said

that they bind

heuvy

burdens and

grievous to be borne, and

lay

t h e m on

?nens

shoulders (Matt. 2 3 : 4 ) . The

apostles lay

zipon

[them] no greater

buvden t h a n these necessarji things

(Acts

1$:28).

Gods Church today has divine a~1-

thority to reveal the will of God in mat-

ters of Scripture too hard for the lay-

inen to decide.

Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye

shall bind on earth shall be bound in

heaven: and whatsoever ye shall

loose

on earth shall bc loosed in

hcavci~

(Matt. 18:18).

Christ gave this authority to His true

Church for the perfecting of the saints,

for the work of the ministry, for the

edifying of the body

of

Christ (Eph.

4: 2-1 ) . Let us always be in obedience

to

God

by

keeping

His

commandments

and acknowledging and heeding the

decisions of Gods Church.

Old Testament Not All

of Scripture

The Jews were authorized to guard

the three sections of Holy Scripture that

ccxnpose our Old Testament-the Law,

the Prophets and the Writings. But the

Holy Scripture was not completed with

those three sections alone. Four more

sections had to be added which would

make seteiz complete sections in all.

These

four

sections comprise the New

Testament Scriptures. It was prophesied

in the Old Testament that more Scrip-

tures were to come when the Messiah

made

His

appearance. Let us under-

stand this clearly

Moses

Was

Tawgiver

and Type

of Christ

(Acts 15:17-19).

Moses was a most extraordinary

prophet of God. The task that God had

given him to accomplish was

so

great,

so important, that Moses received a

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9/16

Recipes for the FESTIVALS

W i t h he spr ing fest iva ls just ahead, here are h elpful hints to

make each

feast more

eBjoyable,

y e t

t ime-saving,

There

is

no

leave n included in any of the recipes of this sixth installment

so they may be used du ring the F estival of Un leave ned Bread

as wel l

as

the other Feasts.

ABLES

laden with a bounty

of

food arc one

of

the inany

T b ~ r s s i n bs of the Feast Days.

For a

change many likc

to

eac

the food other people pre pare. That is why each

of

you

should bring the quality you would w ant someone else to bring

a n J

share with YOU.

You should do the best job you can with any food you pre-

pare for the feasts, regardless

of

who happens to eat your

dishes. Be sure food you take has real eye and appetite appeal,

as

well as food value.

Your

Part

All-day meetings provide a great opportunity to share prod-

ucts made from your favorite recipes with others. You should

t r y to prepare

foods

that will add variety to the meals. Al-

though it may be easy always to take the same foods-it gets

monoronniis

I t

is jnst as easy

(once

y o u

form the habi t ) to

prepare different foods that will add more appeal to the meals.

Foods for these group meals should be properly seasoned

when they are prepared as there will probably be little

o p p x -

tunity for adding seasoning at meal time. Flat, tasteless foods

quickly

du l l

ones interest in them.

There are certain main dishes that most often appear at

Feast

D a y

meals-Inear l n a f and fried chicken, for example.

Both of these items are pop ular, but there are many others th at

are

possible

to

make. With the mul t i tude

of

main-d ish recipes

available there should be a wide variety of foods served.

Even these two commo nly used meat dishes-meat loaf and

fried chicken-could be prep ared in a different way to make

thein more interesting and desirable. Recipes for preparing

each o f these in a dif fere nt way will be included in this article

Points to Observe

When taking chicken

as a

meat dish use only the choice

pieces. A

bmy

neck is a disappo intment, especially to children,

as

the main protein portion of a meal. Keep the neck, wings

and the back at home. There are many ways the meat froin

these parts could be bette r used-as in soups

or

casseroles, or

fried

for

some member

of

the family who likes to eat thtin at

hom e. B L I ~

whole

chicken, not just the parts. Chicken sold

by the piece may represent the goo d parts of an undesirable

fowl.

Foods which are

c a y t o eut

are more satisfactory for

the

main dishes than those needing a regular silver-type fork and

knife for eating. This factor and the other suggestions just

mentioned need to be kept in mind when planning for y o u r

contributions to the protein-rich portion of the meal.

The recipes for the main dishes which follow offer an o y p x -

tunity to makc

s ~ i i i e hangcs

ill

tlie

fovds you prepare for the

Feast Day meals.

For

a

change

i n

the preparation of meat balls, dress them

up

w i c h

sour cream and mushroom soup. In the following

recipe brown rice is precooked and mixed with the incat before

i t

is shaped into balls.

Beef-Rice

Balls with Sour

Cream

y

cup uncooked, plain brown rice ( m t pre-

cooked

V3 cup water

95

teaspoon paprika

teaspoon crushed basil (this

m a y

be done by

rubbing the dried leaves between the fingers)

ly Ibs.

l e u 2

ground beef

1

teaspoon salt

2

tablespoons finely chopped onion

egg

2

tablespoons vege~able il

3 cup water

Y2

teaspoon Wo rcestershire sauce

cup sour cream

1 can (10 ounce) cream of mushroom

soup

Place rice and

Y3

cup water in

a

small saucepan. Leave cover

off.

Bring to a boil . Turn heat to low. Cover pan with lid and

let simmer over low heat for 1 5 minutes. Take pan from heat.

Let the rice set in the covered pan for

10

minutes.

Combine ground beef, paprika, salt , basil , onion and egg.

Blend well. Add rice which has been cookcd and mix till rice

is evenly distributed throughout the meat mixture. Shape the

meat-an d-rice mixture into balls the size of a large walnut.

Makes about

30

balls.

Heat the oil in a skillet. Add meat balls and brown on top

and bottom portions of the balls. Remove meat from skillet

and place in a heat-proof baking dish. Take the skillet from the

heat and drain t h e

fat

from it . Put $5

cup

water,

Worcestcrshire

sauce and mushroom soup into the skillet and stir till well

blended. Add sour cream and stir well.

Pour

the sour cream

mixture over the meat balls in the baking dish. Bake uncov-

ered in moderate oven (350 )

for

45

minutes.

If

this dish is to be prepared the day before it is served,

quickly chill the meat balls and the sour mixture separately.

Then

after

each is cool comhine them in the baking dish. Re-

frigerate until the next day when ready to bake for serving.

Place the cold dish in a cold oven and start counting the bak-

ing time when the oven has reached the temperature given

above.

Fried chicken is, as previously stated,

a

favorite. For a

tasty, tender p rod uct try ov en-f rying it.

1

h

1

1

3

Oven-Fried Chicken

large fryer (2 to 3 lbs.) cut in pieces

(less wings, back and ncck)

cup whole wheat flour

teaspoon salt

teaspoon paprika

tablespoons vegetable oil

Wash chicken and drain

(not

d r y ) .

Tu rn oven to moderate temperature ( 350 ) .

Place oil in flat baking dish or p a n ( a b o u t 7 x 11x2 inches ) .

Mix flour, salt and paprika. Place in paper bag. Shake

chicken, 2 or 3 pieces at a t ime, in the

flour

in the bag. Place

chicken bony s i de

or side

without the skin in t h e oil first.

Then turn the chicken over and leave the meaty or skin side

down in the oil for cooking (the re is then oil on both sides

of

the chicken).


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Bake uncovered for 30 minutes. Turn and continue to bake

uncovered about

30

minutes longer

or

until the chicken is

tender and lightly browned.

In

the recipe that follows, grou nd beef an d vegetables are

combined with cornmeal to make an easily prepared tamale

casserole.

I

1

$ 2

3 lir

2

Tamale Casserole

Ib. lean

ground beaf

tablespoon vegetable oil

cup finely chopped onion

cups ( 2 8 oz. can) canned or cooked tomatoes

cups (303 can) whole kernel yellow corn,

canned or cooked

cup chopped ripe olives

teaspoon salt

teaspoons chili powder

cup cornmeal

Place oil in skillet, heat over moderate heat. Add ground

beef and spread evenly over the skillet. Brown beef on the

under side only. Stir, after it is browned, to break meat into

small pieces. Add chopped onion and cover the skillet. Turn

heat to

loui

and let steam till onion is barely tender-about

10 minutes.

Add tomatoes, corn, olives, salt, chili powder and cornmea

and blend well. Continue stirring and cook uncovered over

moderate heat until the mixture begins to thicken. Place in

heat-proof casserole dish of about 2-quart capacity. Bake in

moderate oven

(350"

) for 35 minutes.

If

this dish is to be prepared the day before it is to be

served, it should be cooked

on

the top of the stove till it

begins to thicken, then p i c k l j ~ ooled. Pour cool mixture into

chilled casserole dish and refrigerate till the next day when

i r

is to be heated f or serving. Place the cold dish in

a

cold oven

and start counting the baking time when the oven has reached

the desired temperature.

Th is dish is not as desira ble if it is frozen instead of re -

frigerated before baking. It tends to give a watery product if

frozen before baking.

Round steak is a well-liked meat. To vary the way you pre-

pare it, try cooking the meat in red dry wine and tomato

paste. The meat is cut into easy-to-eat pieces before it is

cooked.

Round Steak in Wine

2 Ibs. round steak

1

teaspoon salt

$4

teaspoon pepper

94 cup whole wheat flour

cup water

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

3

tablespoons tomato paste or tomato puree

Trim fat from meat. Cut steak into pieces about

1

inch

square.

Blend salt, pepper and flour in a small dish or on wax papei .

Dip meat pieces in flour mixture to coat on all sides.

Place

oil in

skillet and heat

over

moderate heat. Put

meat

in

heated skillet. Brown the pieces of m eat on one side. Re-

move meat from the skillet to a dish or plate. Turn heat uncle:-

skillet to low. Add water and tomato paste or tomato puree to

skillet, Bring to simme r over low heat, stirring as the m ixture

is heating. Add wine and stir. Add meat to the wine mixture.

Cover. Bring to simmer over low heat. Let cook slowly over

cup red dry wine

low heat. Use an asheqrns

p a d

hetween

the skiile; a n d ?eat i i

needed to keep the temperature in the skillet

low

enough. Stir

occasionally to prev ent sticking. Cook till meat is tender-1 to

2

hours depending upon the tenderness of the meat.

Fur a

variation from the usual all-meat type meat loaf, here

is a vegetable-beef loaf. Ground beef is combined with carrots,

celery, green peppers, onions and herbs to provide a taste-

appealing m eat dish.

Vegetable-Beef

Loaf

1

cup coarscly grated carrots

'/z

cup finely chopped onion

$5 cup finely chopped celery

$5 cup finely chopped green pepper

$4 cup water

94-

95

teaspoon thyme

34

3 teaspoon crushed basil

% - 1 teaspoon sage

1$5 teaspoons salt

2 Ibs.

lean

ground beef

1 teaspoon prepared mustard

2

eggs

2 tablespoons lemon juice

'/i

cup tomato juice

M

CLIP rolled oats

( T h e am ounts of thyme, basil and sage that will best suit

the individual taste can be varied-for a milder tasting loaf

use

the smallcr amounts of seasoning.)

Place the water and grated and chopped vegetables in a

saucepan. Cover with a tight-fitting lid. Bring to a boil. Turn

heat to l ow and let simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add

tomato juice and oats and mix with vegetables. Cover with

lid. Let this stand while you prepare the remainder of the loaf.

(T hi s allows the rolled oats to become softened before add -

ing

them

to

the meat .)

Combine the ground beef, thyme, basil, sage, prepared mus-

tard, salt, eggs and lemon juice. Mix well. Add the vegetable-

and-oats mixture to the meat and seasonings. Blend well.

Put in %inch square pan

or

an oblong pan about 10x 6 x 2

inches. Bake in moderate oven ( 3 5 0 " )

1

hour and 15 minutes.

Remove from oven.

For

best

slicing results allow loaf to stand 30 minutes before

it is sliced.

If this is made the day before it is to be served, it should be

allowed to cool to where the hand can be kept on it . Then it

should be refrigerated until the next day. It is not necessary to

reheat it. Meat loaf is one of those foods which can be enjoyed

hot or cool.

There has been found a need for more vegetables on some

of

the Feast Days. Cooked green and yellow vegetables and

vegetabie salads are easy to prepare and take. Raw vegetable

relishes offer

a

type uf f ood tha t is easy bo th

[o

serve and eat.

Fruits can contribute variety to the meal as salads and as

desserts. W h en banan as are sliced and used in com bination

with other fruits and vegetables they need to be dipped in or

coated with lemon or orange juice. This keeps the banana

slices from turnin g dark. Wh en w hole fruits such as apples

and pears are taken they should be thoroughly washed at home

s o they will be ready to serve.

A molded fruit salad offers a practical way to incorporate

fruits into the feast meals. Ot her fruits , both canned and

fresh, may be used in this recipe. Be sure pineapple has been

cooked before adding it to any gelatin recipe. Also be sure

any canned fruits have been well drained.


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Molded Fruit Salad

1 envelope

( 1

tablespoon) plain beef gelacin

'/4 cup cold water

'/i cup very hot or boiling water

3

to

4

tablespoons mild honey

1 cup cold orange juice or cranberry juice

1 large banana, sliced

1 m edium apple, diced

Put the cold water into

a

one-quart bowl. Sprinkle

thc

gelatin on top and let set until the gelatin is soaked. Pour in

the hot or boiling water and stir

to

dissolve gelatin. Add the

honey and cool. Add the orange juice and set in refrigerator

or other cold place.

W hen the mixture has reached a syrupy consistency, mix i n

the prepared fruits. Set away to chill until serving time.

If o ther fr uits are used, use a total of 1% cups of fruic.

Shredded or grated carrot may be substituted for the banana.

Use 3/4 to one cupful.

For a different type of taste-tempting nutritious dessert take

cheese cake.

The cheese cake which follows is a baked one which has

cottage cheese and cream cheese in the filling. The crust is

made from

a

cooky-type dough.

B a k e d C h e e s e C a k e

Cooky -TyFe Crust:

1%

cups sifted whole wheat flour or

unblcachcd whitc flour

95

cup raw or brown sugar

'/i teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon grated lemon peel or '/2 teaspoon

lemon flavoring

$5 cup oi l

3

to 4 tablespoons cold milk

1

egg

yolk,

beaten

Whole wheat bread flour was used in this recipe. If pastry

flour is used

it

may require less milk and oil

( +,

c u p o i l ) .

Sift flour, sugar and salt. Mix lemon peel

or

lemon flavor-

ing, oil, milk and egg yolk. Add all at once to the flour mix-

ture. Pat dough out on bottom and sides of pan. Use one

9-inch square

by 2

inches-deep pyrex baking dish

or

9-inch

spring form pan or two 9-in ch pie plates. If the one large dish

is used, some dough will be left over after covering the dish.

This extra dough may be baked at 400 F. till lightly brown

(about 10 m in ut es ), cooled, crumb led and sprinkled over the

baked cheese cake.

After l in ing the baking dis h(e s) with dough, bake at

400"

F.

for six minutes. Remove from stove. Let set while

making the filling.

Filling:

2 cups cottage cheese, sieved

(or

if you freeze

the cottage cheese and allow it to thaw it

will be

fine

enough without s ieving)

1 3-ounce package cream cheese

1

cup honey

cup flour

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1/4

teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

5 eggs, beaten

ly2 cups sour cream

Combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, honey and flour. an,{

mix. Add lemon juice, salt, vanilla, eggs and cream and blend

well.

Pour into partially baked crust. For

large

cake, bake

at

300" F.

for

11/4 to

1%

hours

or

until set in the center. For the

2 smaller cakes, bake at 325" F. for 45 minutes to one hour

or

until set in the center. Remove from stove and allow to

cool. Place

in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Salad Dressings

Since po tato salad seems to be a standard dish, why not try

a new dressing? Make your favorite mix ture of cubed, cooked

patatoes, hard-cooked eggs and seasonings (ch opp ed celery,

green pepper, onion and so forth) and dress it with this sauce.

lhis recipe makes enough dressing for 4

or

5

cups of cubed,

cooked potatoes.

Sour Cream Sauce

1 egg

3 /2 tablespoons wine vinegar

1 teaspoon dry

or

prepared mustard

1 rablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon flour

'/z teaspoon salt

'/2 cup water

2/3

cup thick sour cream

Break the egg into the top part of

a

double boiler and beat

well. Then gradually add the wine vinegar, beating as you

add it.

Mix the mustard , sugar, salt an d flour; then gradually pour

in the water, stirring

as

you do. Mix this with the egg-vine-

gar mixture.

Place the pan containing the mixture over the bottom part

of the double boiler in which water is boiling. Cook the mix-

ture about

15

minutes while stirring it. When it becomes

thick, remove the pan from over the boiling water and set in

cold water to cool. Cover it with

a

paper so that the sauce

does

not dry on top while cooling. If any lumps formed, beat

i t smooth with

a

rotary beater.

When the sauce is cool, stir in the sour cream and pour ic

over the prepared potatoes. Chill the salad until serving time.

This sauce is also good served as

a

dressing for baked pota-

toes instead of plain sour cream. When used this way, add

another

Y

cup of sour cream.

Green salads can easily be made for feast days.

By washing, drying and refrigerating lettuce, spinach, water-

cress, or whatever you prefer, the day before, salads can be

quickly prepared. The container in which the salad is taken

should be covered with a lid,

or

aluminum foil, and chilled

before taking. The salad dressing should be put into a small

jar and tucked into

a

corner of the salad container so that it

can be poured over the green salad when it is placed on the

serving table.

In season a fresh tomato or two diced into green salad adds

welcome color and flavor.

Salad dressing should be made at least two

or

three days

before being used so that the flavors have tim e to b end and

mellow. Purchased dressings often taste better just because of

this single factor.

French dressing is a favo rite type of dressing. He re is a

recipe for a tasty homemade one.

French Dressing

$4,

medium onion, grated

$4,

teaspoon each of salt, pepper and

J3

cup raw sugar

Worcestershire sauce

Juice of $5 lemon (19" tablespoons)


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/2

cup catsup

9 cup vinegar

/2 cup salad oil

Put the ingredients together i n a pint jar in the order given.

Seal with a lid and shake well. Keeps well in a cool place.

Shake before using. Makes about 1 pint .

The

grated onion may

be left out if desired.

The French dressing just given is a sweet-sour type of salad

dressing. The dressing that follows contains no sweetening,

but rather achieves flavor by the addition

of

cheese.

Caesar-Style Dressing

2 tablespoons minced green onion

1

small clove garlic, minced

1

scant teaspoon salt

%

teaspoon dry mustard

/8

teaspoon black pepper

M teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

M

cup grated Parmesan cheese

/j cup salad oil

3 tablespoons lime or lemon juice

Put t h e iiiinced green onion, garlic and salt into a sniall

mixing bowl and rub with the back of a wooden spoon until

the mixture becomes like paste. Add all of the remaining in-

gredients except the salad oil and blend. Stir in the salad oil

and pour into a jar. Cover and refrigerate. Shake before using.

You may have to spoon out the dressing in order to get the

full amount

of

cheese with each serving. Makes 11/2 cups

dressing

Celery is a widely available vegetable and one that keeps

well in the fresh state. It may be made more attractive and

t a s ty

hy filling it with various other foods. Processed cheese

spreads are often used for this, but we do not recommend

these. Such spreads are made of inferior cheese which has been

heated and mixed with other ingredients to make it accept-

able. Some of these ingredients are preservatives and colorings

which we would do well to avoid.

Following are recipes for stuffings made with wholesonic

cream cheese.

Cream Cheese Stuffings for Celery

Take

an

8-ounce

cake

of

cream cheese and cut it into thirds.

Put one of the thirds into a flat dish, add 2 or 3 teaspoons

of water or milk and mash until it becomes creamy and easy

to spread.

Add tablespoon of any one of the ingredients listed below.

Fill washed and dried stalks

of

celery. Spread the filling to

about the same thickness as the celery stalk itself. More cream

cheese than

t h i s

spread

o n

each

s t a lk

will make it too rich.

W h e n

you

have finished preparing and using

o n e nf the

thirds, take another one and follow the same procedure, this

time using a different one of the ingredients from the list.

Thus you will get three different fillings from one large cake

of

cieaiii t1 i t . r~~ .

Ingredients to mix with the cream cheese:

1. Minced canned pimiento

2.

hliriccd green onion

or

chives

3.

Minced ripe olives

4.

Finely chopped nuts (any kind)

or

instead of using

any of the seasonings listed above, add 1 teaspoon o f

caraway seeds or parsley.

A good stuffing for celery can also be made from peanut

butter. Mix together

cup peanut butter

cup finely grated carrot

2

or teaspoons honey

Insrcad of

the honey, chopped raisins or dates may be used.

Baked dried beans are a favorite of many. Here is a version

seascned with flavors not commonly used in dried beans.

2

1

11/2

2

?h

1

2

Mediterranean Baked Beans

cups dried small white beans

W a t c r

small onion, finely minced

cups chopped celery

tablespoons olive oil

cup pimiento-stuff ed olives

large can (3Y2 cups) tomatoes (chop

or

cut up

the tomatoes)

ndditionnl tnblespoons olive oil

Wash the beans and cover them with water so that the

water is 1 inch above the top of the beans. Let them soak over-

night.

In the morning cover the pot (do not drain the beans),

place over heat, bring the beans to a simmer and cook until

just tender (n ot sof t). This will take abou t

1

hour.

Meanwhile cut the olives into small pieces.

Put 2 tablespoons

of

olive oil in a frying pan, place over

low heat and add the minced onion and chopped celery. Cover.

and let cook about

5

minutes until well heated. Add

t h c

tomatoes, raise heat and bring to simmering.

Put the cooked beans, the chopped olives and the tomato

mixture into

a

large oven-proof dish. Pour the last

2

table-

spoons of olive oil on top and cover the dish.

Place in

a

slow oven

(3 00 F.) and bake unti l the beans

and celery are tender. If too much liquid remains, remove the

cover and bake until

of

the preferred thickness.

(To be continued next issue)

Is

lUDAISA4 the Law of Moses?

(Cont inued

f r o m

page

8 )

designation from God that no other

person-except One-has ever receiv ed.

Even Aaron, being a type of H i g h

Priest, was of lower rank. Aaron was,

in a sense, the prophet of Moses, and

Moses was like

God to the

people

(Exv.

7 : l ) .

W h y

was

Moses given such a high

office? Th e reason is plain Go d used

him to accomplish something that had

never been done before. Moses was

commissioned to give the people the

written and codified Law of God. The

Law was known before (Gen.

2 6 : 5 ) ,

but it was not completely written in a

book and codified.

God spoke the Ten Commandments

wi th His own mouth (Ex .

20:1) .

Never had

God

come to a people with

such physical demonstrations of power

and glory

as

when E e revealed H is Law.

T h e rest

of

the

law

God commanded

Moses to write. God used o J y one mau

to reveal His civil Laws to the Israel-

ites. That man was Moses. All subse-

quent Scripture is based on the laws

revealed by God through Moses.

God told Moses to warn the Israel-


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1962

ires

that

there

was to

come another

per

son like Moses. Notice Deuteronomy

18:15 ,18 ,19 .

Another Like Moses

Moses

said, Th e Lord thy G od w ill

raise up unto thee a Prophet from the

midst of thee,

of

thy brethren, LIKE

U N T O M E : u n t o him

ye

shall heurk-

en.

Then God says,

I

will raise them

up a prophet from among their breth-

ren

l ike utzto t h e e ,

and will put

my

words in his mouth; and he shall speak

unto them all

that

I

shall command him.

And it shall come to pass, that whoso-

ever will not hearken unto my words

which he shall speak in my name,

I will

require

it

of

h i m

Notice

There was to be another

prophet

l ike

Moses. In other words,

an-

other

1a i~ g i t~er

as to arise. Wh y was

this necessary? Because the people had

not been given by Moses the complete

spiritu al revelation of God Isaiah 42

:

2

1

prophesied there was One coming who

would IZIAGNZFY the Law and make

it honourable.

By the time of Ezra and Nehemiah,

that Pro+het still bud no t come

In New Testament times, the Jews

were still looking for that

prophet

who

was to be like a God to Israel and have

the power of being lawgiver, as Moses

had been W he n John the Baptis t ap-

peared in Judea, he was questioned as

to who he was. And this is the

record

of John, when the Jews sent priests and

Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, W h o

art thou? And he ccnfessed, and denied

nut;

but confessed,

I

am not the Chris t .

And when they asked him, Wh at the n?

Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not.

Art thozi T H A T P R O P H E T ? And he

answered, No ( J o h n 1 19-21

) .

The GOOD NEWS

Who Was That Prophet?

There has been only One individual

since the time of Moses to fulfill the

role of Lawgiver

and God T h i s

One

is

Jesus Christ H e fulfilled the role of

THAT PROPHET to the let ter . Even

many of the Jews themselves, after ob-

serving the mighty works done by

Christ, recognized that H e was the One

like unto Moses. Notice. Then those

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